Sam John Miller blew 0.137 when stopped by police in Morrison Street on Hobart's waterfront at 2:15am in October last year.

In
court Miller pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle while exceeding
the prescribed alcohol limit, prohibited behaviour and using abusive
language to police. The court heard Miller got out of his van when
his dog began barking and becoming aggressive towards one of the
officers who had intercepted him. The prosecutor said as Miller
was out of his van and approaching police he was asked if he had
anything in his pockets. Miller responded by removing his pants, turning
his back to police, and exposing his buttocks.

The court heard Miller also invited officers to "check up there".

His lawyer, not short on ingenuity, tried a defense which might have worked better in NZ - indigenous culture and all that.

Steven Chopping told the court when officers had asked Miller if
he had anything in his pockets, he'd "put two and two together and got
111" and thought he was about to be strip-searched.

(He should have told the court he was a Maori and a 'brown arse' is a
culturally historic sign of esteem and respect. She may well have
believed him.)